Absolutely not. Abrasive baking soda, a baking ingredient, is not a good substitute for toothpaste. While children need carefully monitored amounts of fluoride, Fluoride supplements and toothpaste have to be carefully titrated in children. 1st dental ck-up age 1, if for no other reason than to manage toothpaste/fluoride. Get your information from dentist rather than from reader's digest.

No. Don't use baking soda to brush a babies teeth. There are severeal infant toothpastes on the market that do not have fluoride. Children should only use a Fluoride containing toothpaste once they can relaibly rinse and spit.